Raymond DePaula of Marblehead was ordered held on $100,000 cash bail Monday for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl and posting online photographs of him engaging in sexual acts with the child. DePaula, 40, of 23 Puritan Road, was arraigned in Salem Superior Court on the charges as well as those alleging he possessed child pornography and improperly stored a firearm, said Carrie Kimball-Monahan, spokeswoman for Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodget’s office. READ MORE HERE

STONINGTON, CT— Connecticut police say a frightened 10-year-old boy called to say he was considering jumping from a car his father was driving while under the influence. Police said 49-year-old Owen Gilman, of Warwick, R.I., hit another vehicle Wednesday night on Interstate 95 in Stonington. The unidentified motorist in the other vehicle was hospitalized. His condition wasn’t known Thursday. Gilman was charged with reckless driving, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and other offenses. It wasn’t clear if Gilman has a lawyer. A telephone listing for Gilman couldn’t be found. READ MORE HERE

A 30-year-old Florida man was arrested last Thursday in connection to alleged child rape offenses that occurred while he was stationed as an airman at Dover Air Force Base, authorities said. Jesus Munoz, currently active enlisted at Patrick Air Force Base in Melbourne, Fla. according to papers, was charged with two first-degree rape counts, 52 charges of first-degree unlawful sexual contact, second-degree assault and continuous sexual abuse of a child. READ MORE HERE

Huge increase in reports of illegal content being found on pages as mundane as furniture websites

Child abuse images are being unwittingly hosted by ordinary websites, according to an internet watchdog. In the last six weeks, there have been an unprecedented number of reports of the illegal images appearing on pages as mundane as furniture websites, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said. The charity said it had received 227 reports in that time of websites being hijacked by hackers who post images of child abuse. READ MORE HERE

A judge allowed a pedophile to walk free after his 13-year-old victim was described as a ‘sexual predator’ who was ‘egging him on’ to engage in a sexual act. Judge Nigel Peters told Neil Wilson, 41, who pleaded guilty to the abuse, he had also taken account the fact the child looked older. Wilson lured the teenager to his home in Romford, Essex, where he watched her strip out of her school uniform before she performed a sex act on him. The abuse did not come to light until the girl confided in a friend who then told police. During a search of Wilson’s home officers also uncovered a stash of images and videos depicting child abuse and bestiality. READ MORE HERE

A teenager was found hanged at her home after suffering months of bullying by anonymous ‘trolls’ on a notorious website. Hannah Smith, 14, was taunted on Ask.fm – linked to at least four teenage deaths in the past year – over her weight, the death of an uncle and an apparent propensity to self-harm.  She had also been urged to ‘drink bleach’ by the anonymous tormentors, friends said. The tragedy comes amid a continuing escalation of the abusive and threatening ‘trolling’ of high-profile women on Twitter. READ MORE HERE

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Amazon being used to share images of child abuse – and it’s increased 10 times in just two years

Pedophiles are using Amazon to share sex abuse images of kids as young as two. Shocking new figures from the Internet Watch Foundation reveal that in just two years the number of pages on Amazon’s web services hosting such images have increased TEN TIMES. Perverts are able to view the depraved pictures while remaining undetected by taking advantage of software which provides storage online. Amazon offers the service to store data, ­photographs and videos. But we can reveal that more and more pedophiles are taking advantage of the technology to trade vile images because it is ­difficult for them to be ­identified and prosecuted. The total number of child sex abuse web pages hosted on ­Amazon has increased from 37 in 2011 to 372 in the first six months of this year. READ MORE HERE

Serial pedophile Anthony Rowley is now back in the arms of his wife Julie, and she has brazenly defended him

Emma ­Rowley thought she had suffered the ultimate ­betrayal when as an innocent 10-year-old she was sexually abused by her dad. The man she should have been able to trust with her life stole her ­childhood in the vilest and most terrifying way. Eventually he was locked up in a rehabilitation centre for sexual offenders for his crimes. Yet, shockingly, 15 years later Emma ­suffered an even greater treachery… when she found out that serial paedophile Anthony Rowley, 48, was back in the arms of her ­mother, Julie Cockersole. READ MORE HERE

A British man who used Twitter to send indecent pictures of naked teenage boys round the world is exposed by a major Sunday Mirror investigation today. We tracked down twisted Michael Murphy, 65, to an apartment near the resort of Alicante in southern Spain after he posted dozens of vile images over recent months. The sexually explicit pictures were being openly swapped among ­thousands of men – some posing as young boys – in the UK, Europe, Central and South America and Australia. READ MORE HERE

Dr. Barend Delport admitted taking intimate pictures and sexual assault

A married GP and Christian leader has admitted sexually assaulting child patients as young as 18 months and taking indecent photos of them during medical examinations. Dr Barend Delport, 55, also pleaded guilty to having 500,000 indecent images of children on his computer, including some at category five, the most serious level. Police said the South-African born doctor had committed ‘an appalling and gross breach of trust’ during his nine-year reign of abuse. READ MORE HERE

A Baltimore grandmother has been accused of poisoning her 17-month-old grandson to death with Methadone. Towanda Reaves, 50, has been charged with murder and child abuse after admitting to police that she rubbed the powerful drug on the gums of two of her grandchildren so they would go to sleep during a July 4 visit. The other grandchild, a girl born three months after the deceased boy, survived the dose. Normally given to heroin addicts to help them overcome their addictions, Methadone can also be used as a painkiller. READ MORE HERE

Father held after 3-year-old son found dead in Montana

HELENA, Montana – The body of a 3-year-old Lacey boy was found in southwestern Montana and his father has been arrested after a convenience store clerk spotted him washing blood off his clothes, authorities said. Jeremy Brent Cramer, 38, of Lacey was charged Tuesday with deliberate homicide and ordered held on $250,000 during his first court appearance in Montana. READ MORE HERE

Lacey boy died in Montana of blunt and sharp force injuries

Jeremy Cramer admits in phone call to killing son

“My baby was helpless. He was 5. The way he went out, that hurts me the most,” said the grieving father. Police have arrested India Latrice Kimble, 28, and her boyfriend, Vonta Montrell McClellan, 26, of Anniston, Alabama for beating to death Kimble’s son, 5-year old Gregory Caver, with a belt for having wet his bed. READ MORE HERE

“My child was sexually abused by his teacher!” On [July] 27th, Jiaotong 91.8 got a call from Ms. Peng, who used to be a migrant worker in Hangzhou and was originally from Hubei, seeking help: “My son, just 7 years old, contracted an STD.” Her son goes to school in Shadun Village, Longping County, Wuxue City, and her son said that his teacher would buy him snacks every day, have him wait in a the corner of the bathroom, and had been raping him for as long as half a year. The boy was tested positive for genital warts, and warts surround his anus. READ MORE HERE